CLINIC: $200  per dog/handler for two day seminar (Sat/Sun).
Auditing is unlimited at $50 per day, per person.

LUNCH: Will be provided. Please specify if you are a carnivore or vegetarian. A variety of cold beverages will be provided also.

All dogs must be kept QUIET, on leash or crated when not working in class.

Bring a comfortable folding chair for each person attending.

CONTACT/MAIL ENTRY TO:

Bill or Elaine Blaschke; 8999 Fairmount Rd., Novelty, Ohio 44072
BBlaschke@aol.com or EBlaschke@aol.com
Home/Bus: 440-338-6301 Bill's cell: 216-218-8890
Elaine's cell: 440-533-1878 All of these numbers have voice mail. So if
no answer, leave a message with a number so we can return your call.

We have a large variety of sheep that can be used to train your dog. This would include adult rams, ewes w/lambs at side and yearling rams and ewes. We also offer the ability to train your dog in herding and penning on farm terrain ranging from open fields, woods, trails, streams, gullies and obstacles to test your dog.
Our facilities include a 50' diameter round pen, a 32' X 48' rectangular pen, a 187 X 288' paddock, a 2-1/2 acre paddock and a 25-acre pasture.

We do have limited parking for travel trailers or motor homes and can offer 115-volt electrical service and water. There will be a $10 per day charge for electric and water. Bring your own hoses and cords. We do not have septic service so your units must be self-contained.

If you are from out of town and need a place to stay, there are several motels with in 25 minutes from the farm. They are north of the farm on Route 306 in Willoughby, Ohio at the intersection of rtes I-90 and 306.

Lyle started training dogs in 1986 with her first Border Collie, Jock, purchased from Jack Knox as a pup. She had never experienced sheep before that time so she got the dog to help her out !! And so it began,... her two children Doug (now 32) and Val (29) helped her every step of the way by managing the farm and traveling to dog trials. Little did she know the adventure Jock would start her on !!

Fortunately she was able to go to Yorkshire, England twice to work as a shepherd on the Dales with her daughter as companion and assistant shepherd. She learned a lot about sheep which in turn taught her to train dogs.

She started training dogs not long after she started running Jock in trials. A man had told her, "if you can train him, you can train anything!" He was quite a handful and to this day Jack Knox laughs at what a wild but strong dog Jock was.

So now, almost 27 years later she is still training dogs, Border Collies and the occasional upright working dog. Lyle has about 12 of her own dogs and usually 6+ dogs in for training. Matt, her husband, works dogs also when he's not playing the cello for the prestigious Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He has two girls that grew up on the farm with them and are now off to college.

Lyle's educational background is a B.S. in Elementary Ed and Physical Education, K-12 which she draws on to teach her seminars, lessons, as well as training dogs.

She has won and placed in many trials throughout the years and a few of those highlights are:
-winning the Blue Ridge Open SDT in 1992 with Jock. Lyle's first win with her first dog!
-winning the NAILE trial in 1994 with Mick (overall winner) but also winning day one with Cap, placing 2nd day two with Cap.
-winning the Bluegrass 3 years in a row with Cap! (the overall as well as each day)
-placed 4th at the National finals in 1996, placed 4th with Jace at the Nationals another year. Most years being in the top 17 at the Nationals with her dogs Jock, Mick, Cap, Jim, and Shep!
-2007 Lyle won the prelims at Meeker, CO with Shep, and placed 12th with Moses. Shep also won the "best drive" award in the double lift, and ended up 5th overall.
-more recently, June 2011, Shep and Lyle won the prestigious trial, "The Big One" , both days, on unbroke sheep and a 900 yard outrun!
- September 2011, Shep and Lyle traveled to Penrith, England to compete in the World Trial! Competing with the 240 best handlers in the world, we place 16th !

DIRECTIONS TO FARM:

From the North: Get off I-90, coming from either the west or east, at exit #193 (Kirtland/Mentor) and head south on rte. 306, aka Chillicothe Rd. Continue south thru the towns of Kirtland and then Chesterland. Fairmount Rd. is the second crossroad south of Chesterland and crosses rte. 306. Turn left onto Fairmount from rte. 306 and head east one, (1) mile to the farm. The farm is on your right, on the south side of the road. From exit #193 to the farm is twelve, (12) miles and will take about 21 minutes to drive.

From the South: Exit rte. 422, coming from either the west or east at the Aurora/S. Russell-Chagrin Rd./Bainbridge Rd. exit. There is no exit number. Head north onto rte. 306. You will cross E. Washington St., Bell Rd., Music St., and rte. 87, aka Kinsman Rd. Fairmount crosses rte. 306 and is the second crossroad north of rte. 87. Turn right onto Fairmount from rte. 306 and head east one, (1) mile to the farm. The farm is on your right, on the south side of the road. From the rte. 422/rte. 306 exit to the farm is 7.2 miles and will take about 12 minutes to drive.

From the West/Chagrin Falls area: From downtown Chagrin Falls, take E. Orange St. east to North St. and bear to the left. North St. turns into Russell Rd. and then dead ends into rte. 87, (Kinsman Rd.). Turn right and head east to rte. 306. Turn left onto rte. 306 and head north. Fairmount crosses rte. 306 and is the second crossroad north of rte. 87. Turn right onto Fairmount from rte. 306 and head east one, (1) mile to the farm. The farm is on your right, on the south side of the road. From the center of Chagrin Falls to the farm is 6.75 miles and will take about 12 minutes to drive.

From the East: Leave the town square of Burton, Ohio and head west on rte. 87, (Kinsman Rd.) You will cross rte. 44 and Auburn Rd. Continue to rte. 306 and turn right and head north. Fairmount crosses rte. 306 and is the second crossroad north of rte. 87. Turn right onto Fairmount from rte. 306 and head east one, (1) mile to the farm. The farm is on your right, on the south side of the road. From Burton Square to the farm is eleven, (11) miles and will take about 15 minutes to drive.
LYLE LAD STOCK DOG CLINIC
ENTRY FORM
Signature at bottom required

Entries close June 6, 2012. Payment in full must be made in advance to hold your spot.

Checks payable to: Maple Hill Farms
Refunds are possible only if the seminar is filled to capacity and there is someone else to fill the slot. You are welcome to resell your slot with timely notification.

In consideration that I will be participating in the Lyle Lad Stock Dog Clinic and private lessons sponsored by Maple Hill Farms, div. Geauga Drilling and Supply Co., Inc. and held at Maple Hill Farms in Novelty, Ohio on June 16 & 17, 2012, I do hereby agree that in the event of personal injury or death and/or damage to my property or animals in my control, I will not hold Jack Knox & family, the hosts & their family, their members, or workers responsible. I will pay for livestock injured or killed during my participation at the clinic.

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